2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

CAPE5520M Fire Dynamics and Modelling

15 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Dr H N Phylaktou
Email: h.n.phylaktou@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Module replaces

PEME5540M Fire Dynamics and Modelling

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module students will be able to apply general combustion principles to fires, will know the parameters that influence flame spread and steady burning and will be able to quantify the burning rate in compartment fires, predict the rate of development of the fire, the onset of flashover, and apply these concepts to fire protection design.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should:
- have an understanding of the basic physics and chemistry of fire;
- be aware of the difference between compartment fires and ‘free burning’ fires;
- understand the factors influencing smoke movement and their application to smoke control;
- have knowledge of the predictive tools for fire that are available.

On completing this module, students will be able to:
- quantitatively evaluate the main parameters of fire e.g., flame temperature and height, radiative heat transfer, smoke production and movement etc.;
- evaluate whether the fire is in an ‘air controlled’ or ‘free burning’ state;
- approach a fire investigation scenario and make conclusions on possible causes and effects, as well as being able to discount scenarios based on fire parameter calculations;
- demonstrate the use of a predictive tool in a real-life scenario and to identify the essential parameters for fire tenability (life safety).

Syllabus

- Review of fundamentals of combustion and fire stoichiometry, heat transfer processes and significance.
- Radiative heat transfer.
- Mechanism of flame spread and steady burning.
- The development and characterisation of fires in compartments: Fire products and toxicity.
- Ventilation flows and effects.
- Smoke production and movement.
- Fire hazard calculations and modelling, zone computer fire models for enclosures, CFD modelling.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Class tests, exams and assessment	1	10.00	10.00
Lecture	25	1.00	25.00
Practical	3	3.00	9.00
Tutorial	2	3.00	6.00
Private study hours			100.00
Total Contact hours			50.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Module delivery:
Lectures are delivered over an intensive one week period.

Private study:
10 hours review of other recommended material
40 hours practice on worked examples
25 hours coursework
25 hours revision

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

At the start of the course students are given over one hundred sample questions that they should be able to answer at the completion of their studies. Some of these examples are worked upon by the students in groups and discussed during the course and also these examples and the coursework are discussed at two 'worked examples' tutorials (conducted either face to face or over the phone).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Assignment	50.00
In-course Assessment	Open Book test. 10 hours to complete	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/03/2015

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